BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Santa Cruz Film Festival 2008//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T123000 SUMMARY:Subverting the Dominant Paradigm DESCRIPTION:A collection of short works that challenge the conventions of traditional filmmaking. CATEGORIES:Shorts LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/subvertingthedominantparadigm_s antacruz2008 UID:68653190-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T143000 SUMMARY:Animazing! DESCRIPTION:Over-caffeinated cats\, hungry rabbits\, terminal bubblewrap\ , alternate realities and more in these fantastical animated creations. CATEGORIES:Shorts LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/animazing_santacruz2008 UID:71337523-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T170000 SUMMARY:Row Hard\, No Excuses DESCRIPTION:At 51 and 41 years-old\, John Zeigler and Tom Mailhot are amo ng the oldest competitors to participate in the Atlantic Rowing Challeng e\, a 3000 mile race across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands t o Barbados. They spend years preparing to make their dream possible\, bu t once on the water\, their boat and their bodies don't respond as they' d imagined. Drawing from their compelling video diary at sea\, the film engages us in the emotional challenges and rewards of their arduous jour ney. Join these two fierce competitors\, along with the other rowers\, as they contend with sleep deprivation\, seasickness\, isolation\, bored om and cramped living conditions. Row Hard\, No Excuses is a human tale of endurance\, perseverance and blisters. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/rowhardnoexcuses_santacruz2008 UID:71575704-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T193000 SUMMARY:TweeN DESCRIPTION:Mature Audience only\nStarring Santa Cruz’s own Christa Marti n in a stellar performance and newcomer Ashley Ann Michaels\, TweeN inti mately examines a mother and daughter on lockdown over a weekend. When C ecelia was a junior in high school\, she found herself pregnant. The da ughter of a conservative Congressman\, and not sure of the father of the baby\, Cecelia left home to raise her daughter on her own. Thirteen ye ars later\, Cecelia’s daughter\, Mari\, is now in danger of going down t he same path. This weekend mother and daughter will confront the lies t hat have delicately kept their relationship from falling apart. Their f orced communication will unearth some well-established lies always thoug ht to be fact\, yielding answers to the biggest mystery in their relatio nship. TweeN captures the complex relationship of a single mother and in dependent daughter with humor and sensitivity. In one weekend they will take comfort in the dysfunction that has kept their bond so strong. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/tween_santacruz2008 UID:71590576-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T200000 SUMMARY:One Fast Move Or I'm Gone : Kerouac's Big Sur DESCRIPTION:American novelist and poet\, leading figurehead and spokesman of the Beat Generation. Kerouac's search for spiritual liberation produ ced his best known work\, the autobiographical novel On the Road (1957). The first beat novel was based on Kerouac's travels across America with his friend Neal Cassady. Its importance was compared to Hemingway's nov el The Sun Also Rises\, generally seen as the testament of the "Lost Gen eration" of the 1920s.\n \nEnter Big Sur. Big Sur was Jack Kerouac’s las t major work that many critics and literary scholars site as his most in timate and introspective. One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur m oves the audience along on a visceral ride of raw emotions and dramatic events on which the book is based.\n \nThe story is told in several ways through the narrative arc of his own prose. First-hand accounts and rec ollections of Kerouac’s contemporaries\, whom many of the characters in the book are based on such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, Carolyn Cassady an d Michael McClure are interviewed. Reflections of artists\, poets\, acto rs and musicians who have been deeply influenced by Kerouac’s unique gif ts like Tom Waits\, Sam Shepard\, Patti Smith and Donal Logue give their own interpretations of Kerouac’s cathartic writing style and fragile re ality. \n \nSpecial Guests CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/onefastmoveorimgonekerouacsbigs ur_santacruz2008 UID:68651739-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T214500 SUMMARY:Summer Scars DESCRIPTION:Nominated for Best Picture at London’s prestigious Raindance Film Festival\, Summer Scars tells the story of six 14 year-old kids who skip school one day to play in the woods only to have their lives scarr ed forever. While hot-rodding on a stolen scooter\, they knock over Pet er (Kevin Howarth)\, a disheveled drifter. At first\, he enjoys hanging out with this group of teenagers\, however\, as the afternoon passes hi s behavior grows increasingly bizarre and hostile. Using what he has le arned about the kids\, Peter torments each one exposing their insecuriti es and fears. One by one he tears their fragile\, adolescent psyches ap art leaving the worst for the only girl of the group. The gang realizes too late they are being held prisoner and when Peter acknowledges he ha s gone too far\, things really start to get really scary. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/summerscars_santacruz2008 UID:71601217-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T123000 SUMMARY:God’s Green Earth DESCRIPTION:A collection of documentary shorts celebrating those committe d to promoting a healthy\, sustainable environment. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/godsgreenearth_santacruz2008 UID:71663307-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T140000 SUMMARY:Once Upon a Family DESCRIPTION:These short films prove that family bonds are the strongest. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/onceuponafamily_santacruz2008 UID:71613984-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T143000 SUMMARY:This Dust of Words DESCRIPTION:Writer-director Bill Rose (The Loss of Nameless Things) pays moving tribute to brilliant Stanford student Elizabeth Wiltsee’s tragic life. Incredibly intelligent\, with an IQ of 200\, Elizabeth taught her self to read at age 4. Attending some of the best schools in the countr y\, she was destined for literary success. Rather\, she shunned what sh e called “the fancy life” and chose to live in the margins of society. A free spirit unencumbered by worldly concerns. Disappearing for many y ears\, she turned up one day on the doorstep of Watsonville’s St. Patric k’s Church\, clearly having been homeless and apparently unable to speak . It was at St. Patrick’s that she became part of a community that knew and cared for her. Despite a deepening mental illness and increasingly erratic behavior\, she was accepted by the congregation with compassion and love. Interviews with Elizabeth’s family\, friends\, parishioners and her Stanford mentor tell a beautiful\, kind-hearted story of a life lived with ferocious independence\, poignant and haunting right to the v ery end. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/thisdustofwords_santacruz2008 UID:71687000-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T163000 SUMMARY:The Art of Travel DESCRIPTION:Just out of high school\, Connor (Christopher Masterson\, TV’ s Malcolm in the Middle) is all set for marriage and the middle-class. But when what he thought was true love turns out to be nothing but a pac k of lies\, it’s time to step back and take a look at everything from a totally different perspective: one that’s far\, far away. 

Heading down to Central America seems like something completely different\, the perf ect land for adventure. But\, more than a little naïve\, Connor gets in way over his head when he joins a motley group of travelers about to pl unge into the jungle for a year-long expedition. Stripped of all comfor table familiarity\, Connor must fend for himself and discover his own wa y through the bewildering maze of a strange new life. Part coming of ag e\, part road movie\, The Art of Travel twists and turns like a meanderi ng river\, with unexpected comic surprises popping up around every bend. Smart and funny\, it’s a journey that won’t soon be forgotten. 

-Pete Crane\, Cinequest CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/theartoftravel_santacruz2008 UID:71643970-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T170000 SUMMARY:2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry DESCRIPTION:“Slam\,” for those not in the know\, is a dynamic form of com petitive poetry that falls somewhere between hip-hop and Robert Frost. In 2nd Verse\, we follow the lives of several Bay Area teenagers as they prepare for the Brave New Visions International Poetry Slam Competition . Despite difficult personal lives\, they find inspiration and positivi ty through Slam\, turning into dynamos when they hit the stage to delive r with power and confidence their own stories. They let it all out! Wi th blazing performances by an international crew\, 2nd Verse inspires an d offers hope for the youth of America and beyond. As one Poet mentions at the competition\, “We always hear about and see young people doing n egative or stupid things\, but how often do we get to see kids doing som ething peaceful and positive\, supporting each other?” CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/2ndversetherebirthofpoetry_sant acruz2008 UID:71695662-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T190000 SUMMARY:Tru Loved DESCRIPTION:16 year-old Tru (Najarra Townsend\, Me and You and Everyone W e Know) is uprooted from liberal San Francisco by her lesbian moms (Alex andra Paul\, Christine\, TV’s Baywatch and Cynda Williams\, MacArthur Pa rk) and moved to a conservative Los Angeles suburb. Initially ostracize d\, she gains acceptance when the school’s quarterback\, Lodell\, takes an interest in her. Discovering he is a closeted homosexual\, Tru becom es a friend to Lodell and promises to keep his secret. Lodell feels he can be himself with Tru\, unlike the macho\, “straight” face he presents to his mom (Jasmine Guy\, TV’s A Different World)\, his grandmother (Ni chelle Nichols\, Star Trek)\, and his hompophobic pals. Their friendshi p is put to the test when Tru establishes the school’s first Gay-Straigh t Alliance\, thus threatening to expose Lodell. A lesson in prejudice\, understanding and tolerance\, Tru Loved features a stellar ensemble cas t including Jane Lynch (Best in Show)\, Marcia Wallace (The Bob Newhart Show\, The Simpsons) and Comedian Bruce Vilanch. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/truloved_santacruz2008 UID:71648271-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T193000 SUMMARY:August Evening DESCRIPTION:Aging\, undocumented worker\, Jaime (2008 Independent Spirit Best Actor Nominee\, Pedro Castaneda) spends his days toiling in back-br eaking monotony at a Texas chicken farm. When tragedy strikes\, he is f orced to journey across the state with his widowed daughter-in-Law\, Lup e\, to settle in San Antonio with his American-assimilated children. Lup e is more of a daughter to Jaime than his own children\, and the two try to stick together... but change is inevitable. Beautifully naturalisti c\, featuring humming cicadas\, ethereal music\, chicken farms\, meaning ful glances\, and rustling leaves\, August Evening accurately depicts th e struggles Mexican-American immigrants face\, while effectively illumin ating the idea of finding peace with life's imperfections. Winner of the 2008 Independent Spirit Cassavetes Award for Best Film (budget under $5 00k). CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/augustevening_santacruz2008 UID:71702128-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T214500 SUMMARY:Imprint DESCRIPTION:Native American attorney Shayla Stonefeather (Tonantzin Carme lo) is called home to visit her dying father following a controversial m urder trial she has prosecuted involving a Lakota boy. Upon her arrival at the reservation\, she begins to have strange visions and to hear gho stly voices. Initially rejecting a spiritual connection to these supern atural occurrences\, Shayla soon starts to suspect that there might be a possible link between these hallucinations\, the recent trial and her b rother’s disappearance years earlier. Determined to uncover the truth\, Shayla deliberately confronts the apparitions\, leading her to re-exami ne beliefs she’d thought left behind and to a horrifying revelation she could never have foreseen. A haunting\, spooky ghost story with an unbe lievable twist reminiscent of The Sixth Sense. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/imprint_santacruz2008 UID:71656886-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T220000 SUMMARY:American Fork DESCRIPTION:From the Producer of Napoleon Dynamite comes this bittersweet comedy about a morbidly overweight dreamer with the soul of a Poet. Wo rking a dead-end job at a strip mall grocery store and unable to pass hi s driver’s test\, Tracy Orbison (Hubbel Palmer) aspires to “Be Somebody\ ,” however\, his misguided efforts show he’s not quite sure what that me ans. Discovering local Z-List actor Truman Hope (hilariously portrayed by William Baldwin\, The Squid and the Whale)\, Tracy enrolls in Truman’ s acting classes hoping to befriend him and find inspiration. Disillusi oned when Truman’s true character is revealed\, Tracy moves on to his ne xt project: a disappointing mission to reform a gang of surly\, teenage deadbeats. Despite these setbacks\, Tracy never loses his optimism or f aith in his beliefs. Charming and full of humanity\, you will root for Tracy as he struggles get his driver’s license\, lose “about ten pounds” and win fame beyond his working-class job. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/americanfork_santacruz2008 UID:71706453-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T130000 SUMMARY:FRESH women DESCRIPTION:The lives of six female San Francisco artists are profiled as they struggle with the ideas of being working artists while also being wives\, mothers\, and career women. Each of them strives to find balanc e between their passion for art\, their need to meet their own expectati ons\, as well as those of their families and society. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/freshwomen_santacruz2008 UID:71769488-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T143000 SUMMARY:Who’s in Charge Here? DESCRIPTION:The problem with those in positions of authority is that they are in positions of authority. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/whosinchargehere_santacruz2008 UID:71715106-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T150000 SUMMARY:Homegrown DESCRIPTION:Short narrative films and documentaries by our local communit y of film artists. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/homegrown_santacruz2008 UID:71784770-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T170000 SUMMARY:JUMP! DESCRIPTION:Five teams pursue the dream of becoming World Champions in th e fierce arena of competitive jump roping. Little known in the canon of teenage sports\, jump roping is just as grueling\, athletic and hardcor e as any other. Participants create mind-boggling routines bursting wit h rhythm\, sweat and originality. JUMP! follows these amazing teenagers as they train and battle in local and regional competitions leading tow ards the National Finals. Hang out with Tori as she struggles with asth ma while training to be the fastest jumper. Or Nick and Jeff of Team Ra zz Ma Tazz\, who quest to have the most acrobatic and difficult routines . Through all the tears\, prayers\, tantrums\, victories and defeats\, JUMP! offers a rousing celebration of personal triumph and transformatio n. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/jump_santacruz2008 UID:71754138-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T171500 SUMMARY:African Underground: Democracy in Dakar DESCRIPTION:Originally shot as a 7 part documentary mini-series released online\, African Underground: Democracy in Dakar\, highlights the transf ormative role hip hop has had on politics in Dakar\, Senegal. Unlike in the US where bling is king\, hip hop in Senegal is all about the messag e. The film follows rappers\, DJs\, journalists\, professors and people on the street at the time before\, during and after the controversial 2 007 Senegalese presidential election. Through fresh rhymes with overt p olitical messaging the youth of Dakar\, who have embraced hip hop since its introduction there in the late 1980’s\, have dramatically influenced the last two electoral cycles. Democracy in Dakar bridges the gap betw een hip-hop activism\, video journalism and documentary film and explore s the role of youth and musical activism on the political process. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/africanundergrounddemocracyinda kar_santacruz2008 UID:71829134-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T191500 SUMMARY:Ripple Effect DESCRIPTION:What would you do if one event from your past threatened your entire future? What would the effect of revisiting that past event be? These are the questions explored in Lebanese-born Director Philippe Ca land’s second feature Ripple Effect. Los Angeles fashion designer Amer Atrash (Caland) can’t seem find success in his business nor his marriage . Attributing his misfortune to bad karma from a long ago wrongdoing\, he seeks out forgiveness with surprising results. With a stellar suppor ting cast of Forest Whitaker\, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver (who we re all Executive Producers of the film)\, Ripple Effect is the story of one man’s search for spiritual redemption and his quest to be at one wit h himself. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/rippleeffect_santacruz2008 UID:71840311-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T193000 SUMMARY:Pageant DESCRIPTION:Go behind the scenes as 52 ordinary gentlemen go to extraordi nary lengths in order to be crowned the 34th Miss Gay America®. This fi lm follows the most talented and beautiful female impersonators as they prepare to dominate in this underground competition. Hear from the conte stants as well as from those in their entourage: husbands\, mothers\, so ns\, and little brothers. Pageant features stunning musical numbers\, w hile diving into the heart and soul of this make-believe world: the men behind the make up. Everybody has a dream\; these men are making theirs a reality. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/pageant_santacruz2008 UID:71758523-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T204500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T211500 SUMMARY:Just Buried DESCRIPTION:Oliver Whynacht (Jay Baruchel\, Knocked Up\, Undeclared) has unexpectedly inherited his estranged father’s funeral parlour and quickl y discovers that the business is in danger of bankruptcy. Not one to ha ndle stress very well (his nose bleeds whenever he’s upset)\, Oliver con siders selling it. But\, he finds solace in the enchanting mortician\, Roberta (Rose Byrne\, 28 Weeks Later\, Sunshine)\, who persuades him to keep the home open. Driving her home one night\, he hits and kills a hi ker with his truck. Scrambling to conceal their crime\, Roberta disguis es the fatality as an accident\, thus giving Oliver his first customer. As they struggle to keep their secret\, business booms amid an ever-inc reasing series of bizarre and brutal “accidents.” A dark comedy about d eath and the funeral business\, Just Buried delivers plenty of blood and laughs in equal measure\, along with a prodigious body count that would keep any funeral home in business for weeks. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/justburied_santacruz2008 UID:71853842-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080511T214500 SUMMARY:The Village Barbershop DESCRIPTION:Art Leroldi (John Ratzenberger\, Cheers) is terminal. Termina lly irritable that is. A small time Reno barber stuck in a rut of hairc uts\, hot dogs and horse books\, he lives every day like a warmed-over v ersion of the last. Hit with the unexpected death of his long time part ner and last apparent friend\, he’s faced with losing the only thing in life he’s got left—his “man’s man” barbershop. To keep it\, he’ll be fo rced to hire the last person on earth he’d ever want working there – a w oman. A humorous\, sweet story of a fading old man who’s lost his way and a determined young woman looking to find hers. Two unlikely people o ffered a second chance in one unlikely place. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/thevillagebarbershop_santacruz2 008 UID:71762916-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T123000 SUMMARY:American Fork DESCRIPTION:From the Producer of Napoleon Dynamite comes this bittersweet comedy about a morbidly overweight dreamer with the soul of a Poet. Wo rking a dead-end job at a strip mall grocery store and unable to pass hi s driver’s test\, Tracy Orbison (Hubbel Palmer) aspires to “Be Somebody\ ,” however\, his misguided efforts show he’s not quite sure what that me ans. Discovering local Z-List actor Truman Hope (hilariously portrayed by William Baldwin\, The Squid and the Whale)\, Tracy enrolls in Truman’ s acting classes hoping to befriend him and find inspiration. Disillusi oned when Truman’s true character is revealed\, Tracy moves on to his ne xt project: a disappointing mission to reform a gang of surly\, teenage deadbeats. Despite these setbacks\, Tracy never loses his optimism or f aith in his beliefs. Charming and full of humanity\, you will root for Tracy as he struggles get his driver’s license\, lose “about ten pounds” and win fame beyond his working-class job. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/americanfork_santacruz2008 UID:71862856-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T143000 SUMMARY:Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart DESCRIPTION:Failed and damaged relationships are explored with sensitivit y\, humour and vengeance. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/dontgobreakinmyheart_santacruz2 008 UID:71867366-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T170000 SUMMARY:Crossroads at Nihonmachi DESCRIPTION:Once spanning 64 blocks\, San Francisco’s Japantown stood as a testament to the urban immigrant experience. The WWII internment of t he Japanese caused a rapid degradation of the neighborhood. Rather than provide assistance after the War to returning internees\, the city and its corporate interests decided rather to demolish and rebuild Japantown completely as a tourist mecca. Evicted en masse\, many with nowhere to go and a weak grasp of English\, the citizens of Japantown fought back and halted the community’s total annihilation. By 1973\, the neighborho od was reduced its final 4 blocks. Moving forward to 2006\, external co rporate forces again threaten to further shrink Japantown. Crossroads a t Nihonmachi draws comparisons between then and now\, and calls for vigi lant activism in the face of the destruction of all poor and ethnic urba n communities. While the faces in Crossroads In Nihonmachi are mainly A sian American\, the lessons for all community activists is made striking ly clear. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/crossroadsatnihonmachi_santacru z2008 UID:71899026-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T191500 SUMMARY:Hollywood Singing and Dancing DESCRIPTION:A look at the magical history and influence of the Hollywood musical hosted by stage\, film and television icon Shirley Jones. Begin ning with the spectacular\, and perversely psychedelic\, films of Busby Berkeley in the 1920’s the film charts the genre’s progression through t he patriotic musicals of World War II\, the gritty realism of the 1960’s and 1970’s\, its decline in the 1980’s\, the 1990’s rebirth via the Dis ney musicals to its current renaissance. This joyful celebration featur es dozens of scenes from some of the greatest American musicals includin g Singing in the Rain\, The Wizard of Oz\, West Side Story\, On the Town \, Oklahoma\, Gentleman Prefer Blondes\, Cabaret\, Tommy\, The Lion King \, Chicago and Dreamgirls – just to name a few! A host of screen legend s including Liza Minnelli\, Debbie Reynolds\, Mickey Rooney\, Shirley Ma cLaine and Joel Grey offer their thoughts on the various films. A music al extravaganza that will send you into the streets finger-snapping\, “W hen you're a Jet\, you're a Jet all the way!” CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/hollywoodsinginganddancing_sant acruz2008 UID:71906382-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080512T214500 SUMMARY:The Metrosexual DESCRIPTION:It’s not easy being a single man in Los Angeles. Especially when you’re a bit too sensitive\, too controlling and too calculating\, and maintain an obsessive compulsion with your appearance. There is a l abel for this “gay” straight man –
Eric Beumer is “The Metrosexual.” Hi s goal of finding love is constantly thwarted by ill-conceived moves. A controversial neck kiss\, an
overly planned house party and a fiasco wi th two
prostitutes seem to lead Eric further away from his objective. H e gets no help from his best friend\, Leo\, who has an uncanny knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time\, nor his gay friend\, Kurt\, who steals all the female attention without even trying. It’s
only when Eric is “least on his game” that he stumbles upon a genuine possibility . A comedic
romp\, The Metrosexual shows us that accepting who you are and being yourself is the most effective way to find happiness. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/themetrosexual_santacruz2008 UID:71914905-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T123000 SUMMARY:2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry DESCRIPTION:“Slam\,” for those not in the know\, is a dynamic form of com petitive poetry that falls somewhere between hip-hop and Robert Frost. In 2nd Verse\, we follow the lives of several Bay Area teenagers as they prepare for the Brave New Visions International Poetry Slam Competition . Despite difficult personal lives\, they find inspiration and positivi ty through Slam\, turning into dynamos when they hit the stage to delive r with power and confidence their own stories. They let it all out! Wi th blazing performances by an international crew\, 2nd Verse inspires an d offers hope for the youth of America and beyond. As one Poet mentions at the competition\, “We always hear about and see young people doing n egative or stupid things\, but how often do we get to see kids doing som ething peaceful and positive\, supporting each other?” CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/2ndversetherebirthofpoetry_sant acruz2008 UID:71919440-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T143000 SUMMARY:Life During Wartime DESCRIPTION:Humanity in a world consumed by chaos\, violence and madness. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/lifeduringwartime_santacruz2008 UID:71923995-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T170000 SUMMARY:View from the Bridge: Stories from Kosovo DESCRIPTION:The first documentary feature about post-war Kosovo\, View fr om the Bridge reveals powerful insights into religious and ethnic confli cts as well as the limitations of military might to enforce peace. Conf used with earlier Balkan wars and overshadowed by Afghanistan and Iraq\, Kosovo’s story may hold the most compelling lessons of all. Through ri veting first-person accounts\, the dreams and nightmares of Kosovars unf old. Muslims who love America\, Christians who despise it. Roma (Gypsie s) dying of lead poisoning. Families who just want to go home. Sometim es hopeful\, sometimes tragic\, the struggle to make peace in Kosovo ope ns a profound window into the human cost of the politics of hate\, and r eminds us that the ultimate responsibility for peace lies within us all. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/viewfromthebridgestoriesfromkos ovo_santacruz2008 UID:71974150-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T183000 SUMMARY:The Listening Project DESCRIPTION:What does the world think of America? Four unique Americans travel to 14 disparate countries to discover what the peoples of the wor ld really think about us. Enlightening conversations with dozens of div erse and fascinating characters reveal America's profound influence over the social\, political and economic landscape of ordinary people's live s around the world. The result is a beautiful and inspiring examination of crumbling empires\, human fellowship\, and the meaning of citizenshi p in a globalized world. The answers may surprise you! CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:SCCTV URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/thelisteningproject_santacruz20 08 UID:75266104-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T193000 SUMMARY:Fields of Fuel DESCRIPTION:Hi\, my name is (insert name here)\, and I’m a Fossil Fuel Ad dict. You can’t help it… or can you? Most Americans know we’ve got a pr oblem: an addiction to oil that taxes the environment\, entangles us in costly foreign policies and wars\, and threatens the nation’s long-term stability. Few are informed or empowered enough to do much about it. En ter Josh Tickell\, filmmaker\, author and expert young activist who\, dr iven by his own emotionally charged motives\, shuttles us on a revelator y\, whirlwind journey to unravel this addiction—from its historical orig ins to political constructs that support it\, to alternatives available now and the steps we can take to change things.\n \nWinner of the 2008 S undance Film Festival’s Audience Award and filmed over 12 years in 5 cou ntries by a team of scientists and filmmakers\, Fields of Fuel provides some innovative\, ethical and practical solutions while engaging us in a fast-paced styled An Inconvenient Truth. Fields of Fuel is a call to a ction and specifically empowers individuals to change their own energy u se as well as the energy use of their communities.\n \nWatching Fields o f Fuel is the First Step\nA seven-month-long 50-city Community Action Ca mpaign tour will bring the film to theaters\, town halls\, events and sc hools across the country\, accompanied by a professional staff of scient ists and educators.\n \nJoin Josh Tickell and Producer Daniel Assael for Q&A following the screening\, and at the Opening Night Party at The Mus eum of Art and History. \nPlease also join them at The Musuem of Art and History\, Saturday May 10 at 3:00 pm for the panel discussion The Art o f The Documentary: Understanding and Investigating this Vehicle for Soci al Change\nProducer Daniel Assael is a graduate of UCSC’s Business Manag ement Economics Program\nCo-Editor Michael Horwitz is a graduate of UCSC ’s Film and Digital Media Design Program CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/fieldsoffuel_santacruz2008 UID:71976525-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T193000 SUMMARY:MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION DESCRIPTION:This moving documentary is a portrait of the Chinese American artist\, \narchitect\, and sculptor who designed the Vietnam Veterans M emorial as an \nundergraduate student at Yale University. This film tell s the gripping story \nbehind the memorial and explores a decade of her creative work. Maya Lin’s \nextraordinary designs\, which include the Ci vil Rights Memorial\, the Yale \nWomen’s Table\, the Juniata Peace Chape l and her work on San Francisco’s Park \nPresidio\, reveal her ability t o address major issues of our times through \nthe power of art. MAYA LIN ... is excellent for women’s studies\, Vietnam-era \nhistory\, civil rig hts and African American studies\, ethnic studies\, art and \narchitectu re. \n“This splendid film teaches how one person can make a difference.” \n- Marian Wright Edelman\, Children’s Defense Fund \n \nAwards \nAcade my Award\, Best Feature Documentary \nDistinguished Documentary Achievem ent\, International Documentary Association\n \n$9.00 general $8:00 stud ents and seniors CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Museum of Art & History URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/mayalinastrongclearvision_santa cruz2008 UID:75255048-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080513T214500 SUMMARY:A Resonance (Anuranan) DESCRIPTION:Two couples. Four separate entities. Each \nwith their own dr eams\, desires\, struggles \nand emotions. Fate and circumstances bring \nthem together. After living in London\, Rahul \nand Nandita move back to Kolkata where \nthey become friends with Amit and Preeti. \nAs a rich tapestry of events unfolds\, it is the \nrelationship between these fri ends that \ncreates a resonance…a chord that echoes \nthrough their pres ent and future. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/aresonanceanuranan_santacruz200 8 UID:71987992-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T123000 SUMMARY:Ripple Effect DESCRIPTION:What would you do if one event from your past threatened your entire future? What would the effect of revisiting that past event be? These are the questions explored in Lebanese-born Director Philippe Ca land’s second feature Ripple Effect. Los Angeles fashion designer Amer Atrash (Caland) can’t seem find success in his business nor his marriage . Attributing his misfortune to bad karma from a long ago wrongdoing\, he seeks out forgiveness with surprising results. With a stellar suppor ting cast of Forest Whitaker\, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver (who we re all Executive Producers of the film)\, Ripple Effect is the story of one man’s search for spiritual redemption and his quest to be at one wit h himself. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/rippleeffect_santacruz2008 UID:71994836-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T143000 SUMMARY:Mystical Qualities DESCRIPTION:There are forces in the universe that exert invisible influen ce over our lives and destinies. Sometimes you just can’t explain why o r how something happened the way it did. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/mysticalqualities_santacruz2008 UID:72004091-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T170000 SUMMARY:BlueGreen DESCRIPTION:What is it about the ocean that pulls at us? What do we real ly know about our deeper human connection with the sea? Poets\, Philoso phers\, Scientists and Artists have pondered these mysteries for as long as the tide has shifted. BlueGreen attempts to answer these questions by sitting down with several oceanophiles who have been lucky enough\, p assionate enough and dedicated enough to intimately explore our relation ship with the sea. Narrated by Santa Cruz’s own ocean enthusiast\, Robe rt “Wingut” Weaver\, BlueGreen delivers a powerful warning about the thr eat we face by abusing and exploiting this powerful presence on our plan et\, and offers advice on what is required to resolve these problems. T hrough the interviews with and the stories of these people and with stun ning aquatic cinematography\, BlueGreen leads us on a journey of discove ry and wonder. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/bluegreen_santacruz2008 UID:72052905-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T193000 SUMMARY:Goodbye Baby DESCRIPTION:You don't want to laugh at a pretty girl\, you want to sleep with her. That's just one of the problems Melissa Brooks (Christine Evan gelista) faces in Goodbye Baby\, the story of a bright and beautiful you ng woman who moves to New York and discovers the not always funny world of stand-up comedy. Recently graduated from high school\, Melissa doesn ’t have the means to go to college. So she decides to spend the summer in the city with her brother Robbie and his boyfriend. Finding work at a local comedy club\, she hones her own stand-up act watching the club’s regulars and eventually takes the stage herself. But this is only the “first stage” in her journey to self-discovery and happiness. Goodbye B aby shows the joys\, sorrows\, laughter and growth of early adulthood wh en we are finding out who we are. Breakthrough performances by its youn g cast are coupled with hilarious stand-up routines by Fred Armisan (SNL )\, Donnell Rawlings (Chappelle's Show)\, Kevin Corrigan (The Departed\, TV’s Grounded for Life) and Sal the Stockbroker (Howard Stern). CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/goodbyebaby_santacruz2008 UID:72057596-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080514T213000 SUMMARY:Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice DESCRIPTION:The Santa Cruz Film Festival is proud to present this special screening. With UCSC Arts faculty Elizabeth Stephens and Dee Hibbert-J ones and additional assistance from E. G. Crichton and Shelby Graham. T his three-day UCSC campus collaborative arts event will bring together d ozens of faculty\, students and staff\, who will join with interventioni st and performance artists arriving from all over the world. CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/interveneinterruptrethinkingart associalpractice_santacruz2008 UID:72071597-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T121500 SUMMARY:Hollywood Singing and Dancing DESCRIPTION:A look at the magical history and influence of the Hollywood musical hosted by stage\, film and television icon Shirley Jones. Begin ning with the spectacular\, and perversely psychedelic\, films of Busby Berkeley in the 1920’s the film charts the genre’s progression through t he patriotic musicals of World War II\, the gritty realism of the 1960’s and 1970’s\, its decline in the 1980’s\, the 1990’s rebirth via the Dis ney musicals to its current renaissance. This joyful celebration featur es dozens of scenes from some of the greatest American musicals includin g Singing in the Rain\, The Wizard of Oz\, West Side Story\, On the Town \, Oklahoma\, Gentleman Prefer Blondes\, Cabaret\, Tommy\, The Lion King \, Chicago and Dreamgirls – just to name a few! A host of screen legend s including Liza Minnelli\, Debbie Reynolds\, Mickey Rooney\, Shirley Ma cLaine and Joel Grey offer their thoughts on the various films. A music al extravaganza that will send you into the streets finger-snapping\, “W hen you're a Jet\, you're a Jet all the way!” CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/hollywoodsinginganddancing_sant acruz2008 UID:86519568-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T143000 SUMMARY:Violating the Presumptive Trust DESCRIPTION:Sometimes hilarious\, oftentimes devastating\, it’s no fun be ing betrayed and having promises broken. CATEGORIES:Shorts LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/violatingthepresumptivetrust_sa ntacruz2008 UID:85773558-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T162000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T165000 SUMMARY:The Union\, The Business Behind Getting High DESCRIPTION:What’s the most lucrative industry in British Columbia? Tour ism? Fishing? Logging? Nope. MARIJUANA! Generating upwards of $7 bi llion annually\, BC’s marijuana industry dwarves all others. Dubbed “Th e Union\,” the illegal marijuana trade has evolved into an unstoppable b usiness juggernaut. This documentary explores that industry and its imp act on the community while asking important questions: Why is marijuana illegal? What would happen if it were taxed? Does prohibition work? What are the health risks? By interviewing experts from around the glob e\, including growers\, clippers\, police officers\, criminologists\, ec onomists\, medical doctors\, politicians and pop culture icons\, The Uni on examines the cause and effect nature of the business behind getting h igh. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/theunionthebusinessbehindgettin ghigh_santacruz2008 UID:85774716-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T193000 SUMMARY:Burn on the Bayou DESCRIPTION:At the end of August 2005\, Hurricane Katrina slammed into th e Louisiana and Mississippi coasts devastating over 90\,000 square miles and causing $20 billion in damage. 2000 miles away\, a group of volunte ers emerged from an event in the Nevada desert. Well suited for helping in a harsh environment where the normal infrastructure had washed away\, the group that converged in Biloxi and Pearlington\, Mississippi had on e thing in common: BURNING MAN. This is their story of repairing and reb uilding a community that was all but lost. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/burnonthebayou_santacruz2008 UID:85775157-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T204500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080515T211500 SUMMARY:Jetsam DESCRIPTION:A woman (Alex Reid\, The Descent) is washed ashore on a desol ate beach with no memory of how she got there. Stumbling onto a man als o washed on the same shore\, he immediately attacks her. Fleeing from h er assailant\, her memories begin to come in to view. Criss-crossing bet ween the savage coastline and a claustrophobic London setting\, the answ ers are revealed in an unrelenting world of obsession\, betrayal and cor porate espionage. A tightly woven thriller in the spirit of Memento and The Conversation. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Riverfront Twin URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/jetsam_santacruz2008 UID:85775393-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T133000 SUMMARY:Abie Nathan – As The Sun Sets DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival and I srael consulate\n \nAs the State of Israel celebrates it's 60th annivers ary in 2008\, \nthe Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival and the Consul General of \nIsrael\, the Northwest Region present a documentary abou t one of the \nmost atypical popular figures in its history. Who is A bie Nathan? \nThe short answer: an Israeli philanthropist\, a tireless peace \ncampaigner and\, last but not least\, the proud owner of and the \ndriving force behind the offshore pirate radio station\, the Voi ce of \nPeace\, that was airing its messages of peace towards the warr ing \nparties in the conflict between Israel and its neighboring count ries \nfrom 1973 till 1993. Filmmaker Eytan Harris worked for several years \ncapturing key episodes in Abie’s colorful life of humanity\, music\, \nand peace in this not-to-miss documentary. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/asthesunset_santacruz2008 UID:85947787-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T160000 SUMMARY:Goodbye Baby DESCRIPTION:You don't want to laugh at a pretty girl\, you want to sleep with her. That's just one of the problems Melissa Brooks (Christine Evan gelista) faces in Goodbye Baby\, the story of a bright and beautiful you ng woman who moves to New York and discovers the not always funny world of stand-up comedy. Recently graduated from high school\, Melissa doesn ’t have the means to go to college. So she decides to spend the summer in the city with her brother Robbie and his boyfriend. Finding work at a local comedy club\, she hones her own stand-up act watching the club’s regulars and eventually takes the stage herself. But this is only the “first stage” in her journey to self-discovery and happiness. Goodbye B aby shows the joys\, sorrows\, laughter and growth of early adulthood wh en we are finding out who we are. Breakthrough performances by its youn g cast are coupled with hilarious stand-up routines by Fred Armisan (SNL )\, Donnell Rawlings (Chappelle's Show)\, Kevin Corrigan (The Departed\, TV’s Grounded for Life) and Sal the Stockbroker (Howard Stern). CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/goodbyebaby_santacruz2008 UID:75049622-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T183000 SUMMARY:The Listening Project DESCRIPTION:What does the world think of America? Four unique Americans travel to 14 disparate countries to discover what the peoples of the wor ld really think about us. Enlightening conversations with dozens of div erse and fascinating characters reveal America's profound influence over the social\, political and economic landscape of ordinary people's live s around the world. The result is a beautiful and inspiring examination of crumbling empires\, human fellowship\, and the meaning of citizenshi p in a globalized world. The answers may surprise you! CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/thelisteningproject_santacruz20 08 UID:86355929-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T193000 SUMMARY:Buskers: For Love or Money DESCRIPTION:Busking\, according to Wikipedia\, is the “practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people\, usually to soli cit donations and tips.” You may also know these folks as street perfor mers. Amid rare footage of the most inspired and amazing street acts gl obally\, Buskers offers a rousing salute inside this hidden world. Meet the tightrope walker\, the razor blade muncher\, the sidewalk samurai\, the fire eater. From fights over prized street corners to the heights of artistic ingenuity\, this is the human condition at its most freakish ly wonderful. Buskers is an exuberant exploration of what some people w ill do for love or money. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Cayuga Vault URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/buskersforloveormoney_santacruz 2008 UID:75005576-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T203000 SUMMARY:Les Paul – Chasing Sound! DESCRIPTION:The Godfather of the electric guitar. The Inventor of modern recording. The Architect of Rock & Roll. These are just a few of the superlatives that describe the man who revolutionized music. Strap in f or a wild ride with this larger-than-life guitar wizard as we chart his life from his early days in Waukesha\, Wisconsin to his heyday as a 1950 ’s Jazz/Pop Superstar culminating with his dual inventions of multi-trac k recording and the seminal musical instrument of the 20th century\, the Gibson solid-body electric guitar. Still going strong at 90 years old\, he brings down the house every week at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club. F eaturing interviews with the likes of Jeff Beck\, Ron Wood\, Eddie Van H alen\, BB King\, Paul McCartney and Keith Richards\, the extraordinary i nfluence of this spry nonagenarian is clearly without comparison in toda y’s music. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/lespaulchasingsound_santacruz20 08 UID:75063242-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080516T213000 SUMMARY:Sliding Liberia / Vaya con Gringos DESCRIPTION:Take a journey with these three filmmakers as they travel the world searching for prime surfing spots. Along the way\, they meet fas cinating people with incredible stories thus gaining new insight on the human condition. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Cayuga Vault URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/slidingliberiavayacongringos_sa ntacruz2008 UID:75029251-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T123000 SUMMARY:The Future is Now! DESCRIPTION:Works produced by filmmakers less than 18 years old.\n \nThis series of short films by young artists shows that the future of filmmak ing is here and now! CATEGORIES:Short LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/thefutureisnow_santacruz2008 UID:75097444-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T150000 SUMMARY:Uchronia DESCRIPTION:In the Black Rock Desert in 2006\, 90 artists from Belgium sh ipped 100 miles of wooden beams to the playa. A 15 story\, 200’x100’ und ulating Frank Gehry-esque space\, described by Burning Man founder Larry Harvey as “the talk of the playa” appears. Dwarfing all other sculpture s\, the Burners nicknamed it the “Belgium Waffle.” The biggest draw at night\, revelers packed into the cavern and danced to electronica\, bath ed in neon-green light. “We didn’t use a model\, we just started at the bottom and kept adding as we went up\,” said Jan Kriekels\, who said he funded the entire $250\,000 project\, including buying $250 tickets for the volunteers who spent three weeks building it. Uchronia\, named after a Belgian art movement\, centered on a world without the concept of tim e\, Kriekels said. “This piece is a symbol for a system that creates its own creators. We all did this together without being told how to do it — we are factory workers\, bookmakers\, editors\, designers\, artists\, salespeople — and we can only do this if we refuse to be defined\,” he s aid. This is their story. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/uchronia_santacruz2008 UID:75197116-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T170000 SUMMARY:Youth Empowering Youth DESCRIPTION:A Project of Visual Arts Media \n2008 Documentary Films CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/youthempoweringyouth_santacruz2 008 UID:140842709-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T223223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080517T200000 SUMMARY:Programming the Nation? DESCRIPTION:We are proud to be closing our 7th edition with Santa Cruz\nP remiere of local filmmaker Jeff Warrick’s 'Programming the Nation?' Thi s socially relevant documentary explores the supposed use\, influence an d potential subconscious side effects of subliminal messaging in adverti sing\, film\, music and political campaigning. Do you ever find yoursel f doing or buying things without any conscious reasoning? How is it that the US consumes roughly 25% of the world's resources while only making up 4.5% of its population? Are we all part of an elaborate scheme that has been Programming the Nation? Decide for yourself... CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Rio Theatre URL:http://santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/programmingthenation_santacruz2 008 UID:75214402-santacruz.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR